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Arts / Events Etc.

Elani Spencer Hosts Free Poetry Workshop for Veterans at Roanoke Library

A poetry workshop for U.S. military veterans will be held at the City of Roanoke Main Library, 706 South Jefferson Street, Saturday, Oct. 11 from 2 to 3 p.m....

Inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas: The Striking New Landmark Redefining the Future of 5-Star Luxury

Fontainebleau in Miami Beach is easily one of the most iconic and luxurious hotels you...

Best Minnesota Betting Sites in 2025 – Top 5 MN Online Sportsbooks

With sports fandom running deep in the North Star State, choosing the best Minnesota betting...

New Mural Blossoms Downtown

Downtown Roanoke, Inc. and the Roanoke Arts Commission are proud to announce the addition of...

Biomedical Innovator Rob Gourdie Opens Maury Strauss Lecture Series in Roanoke

Roanoke’s reputation as a great place for biotech was in for a watershed moment when...

Old World Meets New World at the 37th Blue Ridge Folklife Festival

With country cooks and crafters, wheat threshers and moonshiners, sheepherders and banjo frailers, the Ferrum College campus becomes a one-day showcase of western Virginia’s...

Blue Ridge Potters Guild Show & Sale

The word was out about one of the area’s largest all-pottery shows featuring works by more than fifty area potters. There were yard signs,...

Yoga Teacher Presents the Body as Art

Beginning Oct. 27, the beauty, strength and balance of the human body will be revealed twice a week at the Art Beyond Center Gallery...

Writer To Discuss “Haunts” Of The Blue Ridge

Author and newspaper journalist Joe Tennis admits that he’s a bit less of a skeptic about ghosts and apparitions since an incident in Patrick...

Fallen: An Artistic, Stark Memorial To The Fallen In Iraq

New York mixed media artist Jane Hammond spent several days on her hands and knees last week, installing a very special work at the...

He Was Tough Enough All Right

Emcee Kerry Hurley said headliner Jimmy Vaughn doesn’t leave his home state of Texas very often, but he was in Roanoke last Saturday as...